Four-Week Update:

I missed last week due to being very sick. The good news is that it happened while I was at a friend's house and didn't have to deal with that while in a big dormitory.

I've had only a couple days of actual work; I've been looking for real jobs, taking care of a friend from out of town (also homeless, now in a program at the Rescue Mission) and recovering from said illness.

Today I found a cool job doing tech support for a wireless internet company, but the training class is in the evenings so I can't do it until I have a place of my own. Monday I'll hit the day-labor place again, and start my plan all over.

I'm overdrawn at the bank and in danger of having my phone shut off, but I can still get online here at the library and I'm still alive, reasonably healthy and eating well, so I can't complain too hard.

AND I STILL AIN'T PLAYIN' SHIII (or anything else)!:damn: :damn: :damn: :damn:

New update next week, hopefully with better news.

I'll bring my laptop and you can play sh3:rock: :rock: :rock: :rock:
Putting together rescue mission now...:|\\

...Agents should be kicking down Drebbel's door right now, collecting any spare change for the legal bill.:arrgh!: :|\\ :arrgh!:


other than work and money:damn: , is there anything you could use.:up:

...loading Milchkuh now...:ping:

....wait, I know this area...:ping:

....or we could watch "Destination Tokyo" or "72 Meters":rock:

Four-Week Update:

I was sicker than I thought last week; I started counting the days from July 3 and found it really was only 3 weeks. Now It's four. I think. I hope.

Nikimcbee and I actually did get together yesterday, and talked for four hours about just about everything-jobs, weird people we've met and/or worked with, SHIII, WWI ships, the American Civil War and I don't remember what all. It was fun.

My plan is still behind schedule but I'm working a little and that's always a good thing.

I was originally updating this every week, but I began to realize that there was nothing to update.

I found out that I'm just to old and tired to work construction every day-I would work one day and need two or three to recover. Sometimes I could barely walk.

Finally two weeks ago I managed to coordinate making a little money with meeting the proper schedule, and I took a class and got certified to be a highway flagger. It's easier and pays better. I've done it a couple of times now and am finally looking to get my cell phone turned back on, and maybe get into a class for a new customer-service job.

After two-and-a-half months things may be looking up.

We'll see.

Hang in there Steve. My hopes and prayers are with you mate!

Hang in there shipmate. I know how screwed up the VA can be.

It looks an unlucky year for people born on april 8.

I'm not unemployed nor really homeless, simply I can't live anymore in the flat where I lived with my wife (and I have to leave for a while tons of things).

Well, Steve, I'm learning two things by this thread:

1) Sailor Steve has an exceptional buoyancy, even when heavyly damaged.
2) Unemployed people has better chances in US than in Italy; here it's very hard to find a new job, specially when you are over 45.

Soon back on your SHIII, friend.

Latest update: I've been out on the highways holding "Stop" and "Slow" signs for various road construction companies, had a few adventures but nothing bad (I've heard horror stories of cars trying to hit flaggers on purpose, but so far I've seen nothing like that personally) and yesterday I paid off my past-due bill and got my cell-phone turned back on!

Two more weeks of this should get me enough money to tide me through three weeks until the first paycheck from a real job, and I have my eye on a computer tech-support position that pays pretty well. We'll see what happens next.



Bertgang, do we really share a birthday? I'm rooting for you, friend, hoping something comes through.

Since you speak and write English, why don't you try your luck here in Canada or the USA?
Last time I tried to find a job in Italy, the only damn thing I found was apprentice mechanic in a small Ford Authorized dealer in Pescara, I think it was called Ennio Pappa Ford?
It was fun the two weeks I worked there but not enough money for me to stay forever, too bad, I love Italy.

It must feel good to get rid of those pesky past-due bills, I know how it feels.
Hang on Sailor Steve, things will be even better, especially if you have mental strength.:up:

Oh, lord have mercy, I'm doomed!:rotfl:

Well, considering you take many things with humor, it's a good sign! :D

That's terrible Sailor Steve! Well, you got to hand it to the Bush administration. They do a good job of killing off current US troops and keeping the veterans of past wars in poverty!

CCR sang it best with their, "Fortunate Son" song!

Here's the lyrics!

Hear it here!

Just read your post, Steve.

Keep fighting there, strokes of bad luck do not last forever. Easy to say, I admit, but I believe it's true. Hang in there and things will improve!

Good luck and all the best!!!